Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Ugo Piomelli
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Numerical simulation of turbulent and transitional flows

(301) 405-5254 | ugo@umd.edu | website |  Room 3139, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall

Education
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1988

Recent Publications
A. Keating, U. Piomelli, E. Balaras and H--J. Kaltenbach. A priori and a posteriori tests of inflow conditions for large-eddy simulation. Phys. Fluids, 16, pp. 4696-4712 (2004).

A. Keating, U. Piomelli, K. Bremhorst and S. Nesic.Large-eddy simulation of heat transfer downstream of a backward-facing step. J. of Turbulence, 5, 20 (2004).

U. Piomelli, E. Balaras, H. Pasinato, K.D. Squires and P.R. Spalart.The inner-outer layer interface in large-eddy simulations with wall-layer models. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow  24,  pp. 538-550 (2003).

R. Broglia, A. Pascarelli and U. Piomelli. Large-eddy simulations of ducts with a free surface. J. Fluid Mech.  484,  pp. 223-253 (2003).

A. Scotti and U. Piomelli. Turbulence models in pulsating flows. AIAA J.  40,  pp. 537-540 (2002).

U Piomelli and E. Balaras. Wall-layer models for large-eddy simulations. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 34, pp. 349-374 (2002).

Scientific and Professional Membership
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering; Associate Editor, Journal of Turbulence

Honors and Awards
Fellow, Institute of Physics, 2004; Fellow, American Physical Society (APS), NASA Langley Research Center Award for Group Accomplishment — Flow Prediction and Control, 1994; Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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